Methods, systems, and devices for handling image capture devices and captured images

• US 10,013,564 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2014
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Holman, Pablos, Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vostal, O. C.
• Application Number:
  US14/219,493
• Publication Number:
  US 20150104006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,567 Days
• Field of Search: 713171
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/602 Providing cryptographic facilities or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring an encrypted image that is a captured image that has been encrypted through use of a particular device code associated with an image capture device that captured the captured image, wherein the captured image includes a representation of a feature of an entity, decrypting the acquired encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code, and performing a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with the entity in the decrypted captured image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

(a) circuitry configured to obtain a captured image;

(b) circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image;

(c) circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code to provide a decrypted captured image;

(d) circuitry configured to perform a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with an entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image, including at least;

(1) circuitry configured to perform a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon, including at least one of obtaining or generating privacy beacon complex metadata, wherein the privacy beacon complex metadata includes at least terms of service that govern usage of personality rights captured in the captured image, and wherein the privacy beacon is associated with the entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image; and

(e) circuitry configured to store a result data that includes an output of the performed validation detection operation.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:

circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a unique particular device code associated with the image capture device that captured the captured image.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:

circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a user-defined device code associated with the image capture device that captured the captured image.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:

circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a manufacturer-defined device code associated with the image capture device that captured the captured image.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:

circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image after detection of a privacy beacon by the image capture device through use of the particular device code associated with the image capture device that captured the captured image.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:

circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image, including at least the partial image of the entity, through use of a unique particular device code associated with the image capture device that captured the captured image.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:

circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image in response to detection of a privacy beacon by the image capture device.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code to provide a decrypted captured image comprises:

circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code that is facilitated by a decryption code to provide a decrypted captured image.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein said circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code that is facilitated by a decryption code to provide a decrypted captured image comprises:

circuitry configured to acquire a decryption code and to decrypt the encrypted image including at least decrypting at least in part by applying the acquired decryption code to the encrypted image to provide a decrypted captured image.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein circuitry configured to acquire a decryption code and to decrypt the encrypted image including at least decrypting at least in part by applying the acquired decryption code to the encrypted image to provide a decrypted captured image comprises:

circuitry configured to acquire a decryption code from the image capture device that captured the captured image and to decrypt the encrypted image including at least decrypting at least in part by applying the acquired decryption code to the encrypted image to provide a decrypted captured image.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code to provide a decrypted captured image comprises:

circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that is stored in a limited-access memory and that was encrypted through use of the particular device code to provide a decrypted captured image.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to perform a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with an entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image comprises:

circuitry configured to perform a validation detection operation that is similar to a device detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with the entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to perform a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with an entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed on the decrypted captured image to detect the privacy beacon;

circuitry configured to execute a current validation detection operation to detect the privacy beacon associated with the entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image; and

circuitry configured to compare the received result of the previous device detection operation to a result of the current validation detection operation.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed on the decrypted captured image to detect the privacy beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed by an image capture device that captured the captured image to detect the privacy beacon.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed by an image capture device that captured the captured image to detect the privacy beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed by an image capture device that captured the captured image at a time the captured image was captured to detect the privacy beacon.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed on the decrypted captured image to detect the privacy beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a result of an optical device detection operation that was previously performed on the captured image to detect the privacy beacon.

17. The device of claim 13, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed on the decrypted captured image to detect the privacy beacon comprises:

at least one of;

circuitry configured to execute a particular validation detection operation that is different than a device detection operation;

or

circuitry configured to execute a selected particular validation detection operation to detect the privacy beacon associated with the entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted image.

18. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to store a result data that includes an output of the performed validation detection operation comprises:

circuitry configured to store a result data that includes an output of the performed validation detection operation to detect the privacy beacon in the captured image and that includes privacy beacon data associated with the privacy beacon.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein said circuitry configured to store a result data that includes an output of the performed validation detection operation comprises:

circuitry configured to store a result data that includes an output of the performed validation detection operation to detect the privacy beacon in the captured image, wherein the output of the performed validation detection operation does not match an output of a previously performed device detection operation on the captured image to detect the privacy beacon.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein said circuitry configured to store a result data that includes an output of the performed validation detection operation to detect the privacy beacon in the captured image, wherein the output of the performed validation detection operation does not match an output of a previously performed device detection operation on the captured image to detect the privacy beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to store a result data that includes an output of the performed validation detection operation to detect the privacy beacon in the captured image, wherein the output of the performed validation detection operation indicates detection of the privacy beacon and the output of the previously performed device detection operation on the captured image indicates failure to detect the privacy beacon.

21. The device of claim 19, wherein said circuitry configured to store a result data that includes an output of the performed validation detection operation to detect the privacy beacon in the captured image, wherein the output of the performed validation detection operation does not match an output of a previously performed device detection operation on the captured image to detect the privacy beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to store a result data that includes an output of the performed validation detection operation to detect the privacy beacon in the captured image, wherein the output of the performed validation detection operation indicates failure to detect the privacy beacon and the output of the previously performed device detection operation on the captured image indicates detection of the privacy beacon.

22. A computing device comprising:

(a) circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon into an area, including at least;

(1) circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon into an area that informs one or more recipient monitor devices within the area of an image capture capability of a device configured to capture a particular image, wherein the one or more recipient monitor devices are separate and apart from the computing device;

(b) circuitry configured to receive a permission data that includes one or more permissions associated with capture of a particular image from at least one of the one or more recipient monitor devices associated with a particular entity in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon, wherein the circuitry configured to receive a permission data is configured to receive permission data from the at least one of the one or more recipient monitor devices prior to a capture of the particular image;

(c) circuitry configured to capture, responsive to the permission data associated with the particular entity in the area, a particular image through use of a capture component; and

(d) circuitry configured to perform a captured particular image operation related to the captured particular image.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein said circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon into an area comprises:

circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon into an area from an image capture device configured to capture a particular image.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein said circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon into an area from an image capture device configured to capture a particular image comprises:

circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon into an area from an image capture device configured to capture one or more particular video images.

25. The device of claim 22, wherein said circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon into an area comprises:

circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon configured to request permission to capture an image into an area.

26. The device of claim 22, wherein said circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon into an area comprises:

circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon into an area, the capture beacon configured to inform one or more recipient monitor devices within the area that an image was captured.

27. The device of claim 22, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a permission data that includes one or more permissions associated with capture of a particular image from at least one of the one or more recipient monitor devices associated with a particular entity in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a permission data that indicates a grant of permission to capture a particular image in response to the emitted capture beacon.

28. The device of claim 27, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a permission data that indicates a grant of permission to capture a particular image in response to the emitted capture beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a permission data that indicates a time-limited grant of permission to capture the particular image in response to the emitted capture beacon.

29. The device of claim 22, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a permission data that includes one or more permissions associated with capture of a particular image from at least one of the one or more recipient monitor devices associated with a particular entity in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a permission data that indicates a prohibition from capture of a particular image in response to the emitted capture beacon.

30. The device of claim 29, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a permission data that indicates a prohibition from capture of a particular image in response to the emitted capture beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a permission data that indicates a prohibition from capture of a particular image in response to the emitted capture beacon, wherein the prohibition is configured to expire when a particular condition is met.

31. The device of claim 30, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a permission data that indicates a prohibition from capture of a particular image in response to the emitted capture beacon, wherein the prohibition is configured to expire when a particular condition is met comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a permission data that indicates a time-limited prohibition from capture of a particular image in response to the emitted capture beacon.

32. The device of claim 22, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a permission data that includes one or more permissions associated with capture of a particular image from at least one of the one or more recipient monitor devices associated with a particular entity in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a permission data that includes a request to discard a captured image from at least one device in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon.

33. The device of claim 22, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a permission data that includes one or more permissions associated with capture of a particular image from at least one of the one or more recipient monitor devices associated with a particular entity in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a permission data that includes a request to encrypt a captured image from at least one device in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon.

34. The device of claim 22, wherein said circuitry configured to receive a permission data that includes one or more permissions associated with capture of a particular image from at least one of the one or more recipient monitor devices associated with a particular entity in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon comprises:

circuitry configured to receive a permission data that includes a request to transmit a captured image to a particular location from at least one device in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon.

35. The device of claim 22, wherein said circuitry configured to capture, responsive to the permission data associated with the particular entity in the area, a particular image through use of a capture component comprises:

circuitry configured to capture, responsive to the permission data associated with the particular entity in the area, a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with the particular entity in a decrypted captured image after receipt of the permission data.

36. The device of claim 22, wherein said circuitry configured to perform a captured particular image operation related to the captured particular image comprises:

circuitry configured to perform a captured particular image encryption operation related to the captured particular image.

37. The device of claim 36, wherein said circuitry configured to perform a captured particular image encryption operation related to the captured particular image comprises:

circuitry configured to perform a captured particular image encryption operation prior to one or more other operations related to the captured particular image.

38. The device of claim 36, wherein said circuitry configured to perform a captured particular image encryption operation prior to one or more other operations related to the captured particular image comprises:

circuitry configured to perform a captured particular image immediate encryption operation related to the captured particular image; and

circuitry configured to transfer an encrypted captured particular image to a limited access memory.

39. A first device comprising:

(a) circuitry configured to emit a capture beacon into an area;

(b) circuitry configured to receive a permission data that includes one or more permissions associated with capture of one or more particular images from at least one or more second devices associated with a particular entity in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon, the one or more second devices being separate and apart from the first device,

wherein the circuitry configured to receive a permission data is configured to receive permission data from the one or more second devices associated with the particular entity prior to a capture of the one or more particular images, including at least one of;

(1) circuitry configured to receive at least a first permission of the permission data that indicates a grant of permission to capture a first particular image in response to the emitted capture beacon;

(2) circuitry configured to receive at least a first permission of the permission data that indicates a prohibition from capture of a first particular image in response to the emitted capture beacon;

(3) circuitry configured to receive at least a first permission of the permission data that includes a request to discard a captured first image from at least one device in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon;

or

(4) circuitry configured to receive at least a first permission of the permission data that includes a request to encrypt a captured first image from at least one device in the area in response to the emitted capture beacon;

(c) circuitry configured to capture, responsive to at least a second permission of the permission data associated with the particular entity in the area, a second particular image through use of a capture component; and

(d) circuitry configured to perform a captured second particular image operation related to the captured particular image.